1. Street Grid. New and redevelopment must demonstrate the plan supports and accommodates the expansion of the public street grid to improve circulation for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists. A circulation plan must be submitted for review by the City as part of any development permit in downtown unless waived by the City upon finding the project will not impact circulation or the enhancement of the public street grid.

2. Block Size. The maximum block size is 400 feet and the maximum distance permitted between public streets. New public street alignments shall be consistent with the regulating plan map. The City may approve modifications to the street alignments and waive the 400-foot maximum block size to take advantage of existing travel corridors, the location of utilities, and required improvements.

3. Private Streets. Private streets shall only be permitted when the City has determined there is no public benefit for circulation in the downtown. All private streets must be constructed to public standards.

4. Mid-Block Connections. A minimum 20-foot-wide mid-block connection shall be provided at the midpoint along each block face or every 200 feet. The mid-block connections shall be designed to accommodate service needs and for pedestrian use and be free from permanent obstructions.

5. Street Sections. The typical street sections provided below are the minimum requirements for the design of public streets. The City may approve modifications to the typical street section based on localized conditions and adjacent land uses. Modifications may include adding or removing on-street parking, wider sidewalks, loading zones, bicycle facilities, and transit accommodations.

6. Block Development. The minimum number of buildings per 400 feet of block frontage is four, or one building per 100 feet, to create variety in the streetscape experience and support human-scale design. A single building may meet this requirement through building design and architecture that visually appears as multiple buildings. The City may approve modifications to this requirement based on site-specific conditions, including parcel ownership and configuration.

7. Street Grid and Block Diagram. The diagram in Figure 2 highlights the major features of the form-based code for the CBD, including block size, building height, mid-block connections, and typical development within the block and grid structure. Development in the CBD should be generally consistent with the major features highlighted in this diagram.

1. Retail Streets. Street level retail is required along the frontage of designated retail streets including 59th Street SW and Lakewood Towne Center Boulevard SW. Pedestrian-oriented design standards for retail streets address site and building design, building frontages, window transparency, weather protection, sidewalk widths, street entrances, access, and on-street parking. Building frontage types are more limited on retail streets.

2. Mixed-Use Streets. Mixed-use streets support a variety of activities and functions both in the public right-of-way and development along the street edges. Street level retail is permitted, but not required, and a wider range of building frontage types are permitted, including street-level residential and office uses. Mixed-use streets also require pedestrian-oriented design and requirements may vary based on the location within the downtown.

3. Arterial Mixed-Use Streets. Arterial mixed-use streets maintain the existing vehicle capacity and allow a range of land use and building frontage types and include surface parking lots.

4. Low-Impact Mixed-Use Streets. Low-impact mixed-use streets allow for less intense commercial uses while maintaining the existing residential character for site and building design. Lower density multifamily residential uses are permitted. Street design shall be consistent with City standards for residential streets including sidewalks.

5. Green Loop. Streets designated as part of the Green Loop include design features for pedestrian and bicycle use and vary by street. Pedestrian and bicycle facilities include a shared-use path, sharrows, sidewalks, and other park-like amenities that may include seating, bicycle parking, a bicycle repair station, signage, and landscaping.

6. Festival Street. Festival streets are designed to support a variety of activities and events in addition to typical street elements such as travel lanes, parking, and sidewalks. Festival streets are developed with high-quality materials and are intended to be significant community gathering places within the CBD.

1. Lakewood Colonial Plaza Festival Street. Improvements to Motor Avenue should be consistent with the Motor Avenue urban design plan preferred alternative as adopted by the City Council or as modified by the City, also known as the Lakewood Colonial Plaza.

1. Access to existing and future utilities within and under the street and boulevard must be maintained.

2. Freedom of movement of existing and future vehicular and pedestrian activity must not be restricted.

3. Weather protection depth and percentage coverage shall be consistent with LMC 18B.400.410(A) for frontage types.

4. All overhead weather protection shall be placed at a height that relates to architectural features of the building and adjacent storefront weather protection, while offering effective protection from weather. Weather protection shall have a minimum vertical clearance of eight feet, measured from the sidewalk, and should not be greater than 12 feet above the pedestrian sidewalk level.

5. The slope of the weather protection feature shall allow for proper drainage and self-cleaning action of rain and wind. Materials used should be durable and require minimum maintenance. [Ord. 695 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018.]